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sport*. TIh* BrmU'iwtw h»*« rode, laughed,
n*l looked gre»e when ll.rir rourtcr proved
xiimiccri.riil, dined, and saif, and l * rn
The ladies have h"l ll'«"' pleasure,loo-t bo «Mr»»
trinity of exhibiting th. Ir chirms lu tbs n.lmiri"*
revelling in '»•«* ">"»») A * nr *\ *7 ' , "j ,, y’ n 6
iIk- riililv wait*. The stringers who honored us
whh their mroj-nn) Uv*Wn IwispUaM* »»»en»in
, nnil leavo «i«. we sincerely hope, with III** Inlrn
lion never «•» »*.* absent from Charleston during in"
Jockey Cluh Week.
Am meeting of rtie CluS, on Ssiordsy evening,
lliu follow ing gentlemen were elected officers for th"
JAMES HOSE, Vie# President.
WILLIAM RAVKNEL, T'eieurer.
JUlIN It. IRVING, Secretary.
JOHN h. WII.80N. Snlicimr.
Hie
The Pal 11 not fallen.—TUo New York Sun of
Thursday, soy*:—
A •rcnriil express having arrived, wo have tl.o
pleasure «f informing nor anxious rrn.lflr.tl.nl nil
t« right ngnin. 0«at Mind bn* lifted il*eir from
tlm uIivm into wlii. li it Imcl fallen, and regained it.
old position; Ili.MI" Tower looms n* large a. ever;
lS« spiral star'ra*o U where it was Sflfon; tlm ex
ccllent lintel i* reopened for the reception of visiter*;
tho wheels of tliormturnl revolution Save rolled Suck
ward; tlm rock. have ngnin uprenred their evnrla.l
irig barrier, noil Niagara’* eternal flood .till funrna
and roar., and thundora at it Sat donu since the
woild began.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1841.
CONSKCRATION.
A Jowi*h Synagogue in this city, was yaitorday
contcrrntcd Sy tlm Hov. Iraac Imeter, of Philndnl-
phla. Tim budding wat crowded wSS all classes
rtf our Community, wlio manife.led n drop interest
in the ceremonies of tliia nnrient people. I hfl ter.
vice wa.porfinmc J in lleSrow, tlm original lair
gun-o in which tho Indy tcrlpturet worn written,und
10 which tho Jcwi Save with wondorfnl fidelity nil-
liflied, nmid.t all llmlr trouldet, tlmli dispersion*
nnd persecuti on. Tlieilourt having beon opened,
tho Minister, followed by two member* of lit#
grogatiim, each bom ing l ho Dook of the Low, envoi
ii|khI in purplo tilk and undor a cnnnpy of whit*
.ilk, entered, singing the firm four vnrtet of the
] lUth p.rdm. Tlm Mlui.tor than oicenrluil the plat*
form, and rontinued chanting frurn the Paulina.
After which the Minister and tlm*" Imnrlng tho law
|ioiformed a circuit round the platform or dusk,
tinging the 30th I’tnlm. Then prnyer. were offer
ed up in Hebrew, nnd otm in Kngli.h, for the Gov.
ernment and Congregation. After which, tlm
Hook• of the l.nw wero deposited in tho Ark,whiltt
tho 29th I’tnlm wnschnntcd.
Tho Rev. Mr. Looter tlmn reod lha 8th chapter,
lit Book of Kingt, and concluded by delivering a
tormnn in English, lopluto with tound ton.e. mid
warmly Inculcaliiig tho exercito of tlmta virtnet
which fit u* fur an hereafter.
Tho Synagogue it of brick, 50 by SO feet, with n
portico of tho Duilc order of architecture. The In
tel ior it chaste.
Meurt fi. Butler nnd E Jonct wero tbn builder.,
under tlm direction of J. Du La Mottn, Jr. Blip of
tlm building coimnittoo.
it victim dripping front I D linger.' end#, tinier" h
uni all, the living and tlm dead, shall lm ••ivncwirfi-
ed up to ri-cciva lb., approval or condeninitmo ol
I lie Saviour id ;lm world.
Wlien from the benrt the vital .park liai fl'*d,
Wtien tin* form •iumlmr. in tlm ••lent grave,
Wlio .ball C" *Imi|n-i llienunto the dead
The plaudit* ti nt • n*uo tlm *» i»«* and bmve 1
What are the be*t tewnr.l* of linrnin fnmn '«
What mortal jodpem^nt,or wiiat man's applause ?
Reason *liould point ••• « higher aim
And Virtue urge n« inn belt* rcauve.
Glory ' a wreath thnt wither* whilst 'tit made!
Fame but a wound that toon n ml die nwey !
ran tlie*c Ide.t u. w hen Urn licnrt't decay'd.
Ur tlm frame moulder* 'nnnlb the *en»elet.clny ?
Belter lor u* tlm ri. h rewurd. of worth
Wliirli conn.it wither, nnd which w ill not die.
Tho' tlm last •mind .Imiildring tliroughoultho earth
And the list trump.hutiMecho through tlm "ky!
Af cr nuking indulgence for this nppnrent digres-
don, tho orator compared tl.o .ympHlhic. of tho
Society for tlm pail nnd tho fuluru w ith llio'.r kin.
dred fi cling, u* individuul*.
As it Society," .uid It", "our hold upon tlm
moment, that are patting before u» arc ut cob*web
ligamcnit in comparison with tlm iron clioiu that
hind* uv to tlm putt, nr the golden ties that link ui
to tho future. Wn mo workmen who have taken
up tlm nxa and tlm .padu ofanlirpiity that wo rnny
dig fium the cavern, of the pa.t the gem* und diu*
rnond. lliul am bulled within their buium, in order
that they limy ll-»li upon nnd illumino tlm gnnera-
linna of tlm future," Stc.
When bo touched upon tlm incident! in jAsrElt'*
brlof career wo bulmld olmpienlly dnpiclod bebno
ui tlm gallant S.-rguniii, wlmtber ho npponred con
spicuous fornoblu dating on tho I'ulrnclto wall* of
Fort Mnultric, with tlm exclnmation upon hi. lip.,
•‘God save l.iltriy nnd my Gounlry"—or lor des-
potato chivalry ut tlm Spring near our city, whan
doroncnle.. woman wm< reir.ued by bit valor nnd
that uf u kindred spirit from cuptitiiy—nr for rpsig
nation to III. fill* when nil tlm tnemornhlo bill of
October, 177b, ImyieMml Id. gallant spirit to Libor
ty and bl. Country, in defending that Jlug, tho gift
uf fiiminiim x< ul, which ho hud pledged hi* honor to
gonrd "until Eternity
Uotmrubly wn* that ph-dgu redeemed, (pul beau
tifully wu.il iiortniyod by tlm gifted lecturer, lint
wo inuit deny ntir.elf tlm pha.oro of dwelling
longer on tbu beamio. which croud boforu ui, and
wo morn roluetsntly do.o, a. all who inhaled the
■wncta of fancy, nrn euniaioui that ju.lieu cannot ho
dono tlm orator without • publication or bis pro-
ductinn.nsn wln.lo.
lla itood ths other night culling tho gnrgeoaa
bouquet! from tlm tiun.iire-lmuau in wlikh he hod
gurin red up their heoutie..
Wo would alwnyi i. o him. na ha then woi, with
all hi. fair nnd "hlmdiing honors thick uruund
him," with tlm fugruiii nnd undying wreath with
which goniu. decks hor votuties.
\88firtfil#
i t j.l* w '
,, , , , ..... „/ i.i. | uiiivor*il assumption that w'. 'tcv. r i»gi'"u. or hum
ssjrr.'TJivrIS. l***>»»» »«*,«^
pn.*.ngM», who iivce»s«rily fell tlm eatrem* tiswnl
of their situation, 'limy leal under obligitlun* to
him and Capt. Thom^m. of lha Walter M>f"f their
kindners, nnd thus i>uhlicly avail thainselves uf re
turning their thunk, and gratitude to thosa genllo
men.
ll U rumored 'bat the (adtaat lately ruptured by
Col. Ilamoy, in tlm Kverglado*. and »ent to lampn
Bny, hnvn again been vd ut hheity, by tlm coin
manding Gvnernl.
It i. *l«o tillumed,that tlm llirro Sqonw* recent
ly captuied by a part of tho 8d In.aritcy, have
c*|ied fram Foil Russell.—Ibid.
From the Herald of 19/A intl>
Wo undrrstund by lelli'ri Irom ’J'am|m, that 32(1
Indian* nro ut that place ready toemigMM*. How
many nrn wuriion, or women and clnldron.we liovo
not heard, hut when tlm) nrn on .hiplmurd.wo .ball
begin to have some faith iu lha Idea, that tlmy tiro
willing to bo removed.
Col Dancy, With tho drtnehments under Cnnt.
Mick la r und Lieut. Fnrreiru, returned on Tuo«day
night to this city, after n cominnl nnd »ovein .con
along tha wlmlo linn of tlm frontier Irotn Dead-
man's Bny. to this place. ThocommauJ is in good
lic-jlth und excellent spirits.
The JCIltler.—Wo lourn from Capt. Morri*, of
the U S. Mud Schr. lluynr, ariived heroyo.tcrduy
from Key West via Ilavnnn, that thi* fascinating
dan tenet cleared about (11,008 in tickets and pro
•outsat hor benefit In llm Havana. Shu bad left
fur Mutnnzus and wn« under a ru-engngeiimni to iu
turn nnd perfoim at tlm Havana.—Char. Patriot'
<GBORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIBTY.
Wo wero on" «f " crowded nnd delighted nudi-
lory on Tuesday evening, to listen to tho Hon. R.
M. Charlton.
The immediate subject ofhle discourses wero tho
deeds of the gallant Jo»por, whmo liro-bluod moll*
teacdtbo sell of oar city in one of dm contests of
thst Revolution whoso dawn was su auspicious to
aim admirers of tbo mountain nymph—LinciiTf
Not confining hlmsolf to tboso daring Incidents
lu tlm brief b« eventful military enreer or dm gal
lant inn of I red nnd, of "thnt,” to quote the Innguago
of the orutor, "nursery of stout Itonrls and strong
bands, that garden houio of beauty, and chivalry
Olid valor."—bo took n diicurafva rnngn thrmigbtbo
rich fiohl. of bl* crenlivo imagination, nnd like tbo
bre, extracted from every flower uf Id* bright mind
thoao awoetiof pootla funcy, wblr.lt hlemleJ,seemed
to heighten tlm *f*h A ‘»«r Wfil '* wldcli tho taito
of bis boarors wasebarmed,
Ho was not limited by rules, but strayed ovr r
buried glories of tbn past, tlm fond and endenrlng
eeallties of tlm |wo!cnt, ui wolJ us tlm rich antepust
of tho futute.
"Ah, how dear," snld he, "to out lioarta nro tlm
recollection*,which come thronging on tho bruin, of
well beloved companions, of tho joyful soones of
lovo and childhood, of tho hour* when thnt nrch-de-
ccWor.lovo, first emt Ids spoil around us; and, even of
tho sorrows, which now that they havo bcenWtonrd
down by Unto, no longer seems to us liko tho dark
sky and tho howling storm,but rathei like the fleecy
cloud, which shadows, but docs not conceal tbo
brightness of the Sun. Tbo grnvo over which wo
hung with intonso nnd bitter lamontutlons, give,
up lu dead, and ngnin In till their beauty and love*
linois, tbo forms ond foutures of our loved olios, pro
•onttbcnitclvos befimi ut; tbo smile wo deliglitrd
in, beam* onco nmro upon us, tlm hand now cold in
death, grasps us with its wonted warmth nndnflec-
lion; tho voice, whoso melody modo our hearts to
leap within u», ugnin salute* us with iu gentlest no*
corns. Tho spell Is U|>«m u*: tlm dm ling .poll o*
tnrmoiy, and entranced ui.d ovrr-i yvd, mo sit nnd
gate until seme poising sound hns aroused us from
our golden dreams, and memory, with her phantom
train, her tienstired vision., hrr,fairy palucei, fades
from our tight, lenviiig u. lu tlm stern rculities of
iho present, or the happier anticipations of tlm fu
ture.
"I remember, I remember,
When my life wn* in iu primo,
Yet untouch’d nnd uncorrupled
By tho hlighiitig Imnd ufTimo;
When the flow'ret nnd the sun.hino,
Wero romponion. ofeacli «cune,
And htqm was in its vigor, then,
And plca«utc iu its green.
4, I remember, l remember,
Will'd the storm of sorrow came,
Atxl ex ingui.tied nnd forever,
All the gloiy of life'* flamo;
When ono by one tin* blo«.omt
Of uflection dropp'd away.
And Despair came with the datkness,
And afllictisn with tho day.
4< I remember, I loniembcr,
But all, ‘tis vain lu mourn.
For the bright hours, and tbo lov’d ones,
That will novrr more return;
Lot the present hnve iti torture,
And the past its Mure of ill.
To tho Future—to tho future
Wo will look with gludnes* still."
The Orator then glanced at the dissatisfaction of
mm with his lot, dwelt on tho impatience of boy
hood to escape from paternal control, and "to float
down life’s lido v itli sail* unfurled and color* flying
to tlm breexo of prosperity nnd happinoss."
Ho illustratod tlm contempt fell fur tlm opinion
of our conlem|>orarip*, in comparison with the long
ing dosiro manifested for the eslimtlion of poster
ity.
"Upon those who have preceded us," be remark
ed, "ire havo no claims—on tbo** who nro to come
■(ler us, each and all of us have Mime reason to
givewby we should bo judged with leniency."
"Whsl favor," asked be, "could we expect from
those who haJ descended to tlm grave, before wo
weief The ancient heathen and the Grecian sage—
tlm warrior of Thermopylm—tbo stern and unyield
ing sluio—tho aborigine* of our own continent—
tlw heroic martyrs w ho had |*ourod their blood liko
*»t*r upon the eatib I What a dread assiso would
•bis bo to as in comparison with the judgement of
Uia future iabuniots oftba world I It would indeed
*‘»*W|WII. IMUII.I only talh.t wlll.il
" ,W ' '• Ik.
i—«'*"-*<»» ti*
u. .IU. klt^U-«4,1. 4„,v.,4 * r,r.t
(Correspondenceof thotinvaonnh Georgian)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, tU4l.
The Sc tint o wore cngigod during tbu morning in
bearing a speech of Mr. Hciilnn, in favor of a clause
to introduce corporations into the provisions of lha
Bankrupt Bill. Mr. B. rnadn a lungthy ond very
able argument iu favor uf including bank., «Vc., but
a* there Is no prospect of any action on ilin bill tills
session, but litllo Interest serin* to lie tnkau in tbo
debate. In the morning hour, Mr. Norvoll's mo*
lion to admit ludlos on the flour uf tlm Senate, wr B
defeated by a v. ry close voto—20 to 21. Tito Sen
ators gonurnlly, not joined in tbu Imnds of wedlock,
arn in tbo "soar und yellow leaf," and therefore
Iiavo no special puipnau to gratify, in granting this
favor to tbo fair sox, who, however, tako possession
viel armit, when narnssity inquires it. Tbo Sen-
*te adjourned nl an early hour, after being tinnhlo to
agree utholhor they would gn Into an uluctlun for
Printer or not. Some of tho Federal orators went
very nxtensivoty into the subject of the right uf iho
Senate to elect, and of rmtrsu against it, as the
two greedy Whig uilnhlistiinonls bore, tho Intelli
gencer ami Mndlinniun, that wl«li, notwithstanding
theii horror of "spoils," to obtain tho public print
ing. They will !kj unsuccessful,-however, ns far as
the Sunn to i* conrerned, tho Republican party hav
ing a clear majority in favor of tho indefiitlgnhlo
oditors af that champion of Democracy, Tho Globe
1 have lieard nothing more uf tho .ucrot session
held yesterday, hut am inoliaed to doubt whether
any importance enn bo attached to the rumor In my
Iasi, so far ns any pressing emergency is concerned,
rulntivn to tbo North Bastern Boundary.
Tbo bttsinoss of tbo llottso line been of its old
character—talk. Tho Civil and Diplomatic Appro
priation Bill was tbo nominal nrdor under ennsido*
ration, but every imaginable subject was undergoing
debate throughout the day, and in order to prepare
genllemon for it, tlm member* ngroed to tako u re-
cos* from 2 until 4 o’clock, p. m.
Mr. Wntwit, of Georgia, made a long speech
about Georgia politics, nnd was interrupted for ox
pliinnlinn several time* by Ilia collongoe, Mr. Coop*
er, with whom it scorns there wn* tuinn misuudur.
•landing. As these Stute quarrels, however, ur 0
dis-igrccnble in tho extreme, I pass the present over.
At iho time I write, (0 p. nt ) a small potato poli
tician from the Rip Van Winkle State, is holding
forth in dispraisu of ilteClerk of the House, and
sundry other picayune matters. Tho debate will
doubtless be prolonged to a Into hour, und the mail
will not wail for it* end. I utn told that an ellbrt
will be made lu tako the bill uut ofcununittao Leforo
wa adjourn.
Tbo speech of Mr. Blnck in ibis morning's Globe,
is one of iliat plain au l truth liko character, which
must carry conviction with it to every reasonable
anil thinking man. It show* up In glowing colors,
tho allies of tho State Rights party of Georgia,
Messrs. Giddings, Slade, Jones, nml Adam*, who
sra so toady on every occasion to assist the kidnap
|>ers of Maine, and tho incendiarios of the North.—
It should bo published in all tho Southern Demo
cratic journals.
JulinTylor will bo hero with Win. Henry Harrison
about ilia timo this loiter roaches you. The met-
*eng*r to inform liiin of hi* election, lolurncd last
night, and report* that no mail had been despatched
from Richmond f.»r the South tho last throe dnyi
Woalhor good, nnd tho town full of people.
Prom the Ntte (Jrlennt Picayune, 17/A inti.
LATBST FROM TKXA3.
The steamship Savannah, Capt. Wnde, arrived
yeaterdiy (rum Galveston, bringing dutos to tbo
13th hist. For lull file* wo arn indebted to the po
iileallentinii fifth- officer* of the Savannah.
Cnl.Jumei Hamilton had been uppuiiiled i'oxxu
minister to Bnglan.l.
All fpuisnnil minor* uf a Mexican invnsion bad
died. A luren of 11)00 Mexican soldier* bud cioi*
ud tbo KmiIi-I Norte, but they woru in pursuit uf
Camaiicliut.
The following nominations mndo by tbo President
Iiavo been cunliiined by llie Senate:
John H. Brower, consul at New York.
Muses i'utten, consul ut Bangor. Muitie.
Benjamin Drake, consul at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Francis G. Smith, consul at Detroit, Midi.
Masquerade ball* appear to bo all tbu rago at
Galveston.
The Hon. A S. Lipscomb lias rodgnod tbo olfice
of Secretary of Stile, and tho Hon. G. W. Terrell
lias ruceived tho appointment. The Hon. T. G
Chalmers lias boon appointed Secretary of the Truu
ry. Doth appointments Iiavo been confirmed by tbo
Senate.
Tbo Texion Congress adjourned on tbo 1st inst.
Previous, however, u commercial treaty between
Bnglnnd and lliu now Republic,entered into by Lord
Palmerston and Gen. Hamilton on the l.'ltli Novem
her Inst, w-us r •litiod by tho Sunnto. Tbu Ircuty
wa* purely commercial in its character.
Tho treaty with the Netherlands lias ulso been ra
lifted by tho Sonnto.
In regard to tho relations botwenn Texns and
Mexico, The Austin Sentinel uf lire 30th January
bus lha following:
‘ Wo rejoicu to communicuto to our fellow citi
wn* the gratifying intelligence that n convention
with Bnglnnd bus been ratified by the Semite, by
which the British government has egrecd to modi
ate effectually with Mexico, nnd it H probable that
within it very few week* an nrmistico will bo ngroed
upon, by whwlt bostlUv'ws will bo suspended for six
mouth*, with a view to cumtilclu pacification bo
tween tbo two countries. If Mexico should oc
cept tbo mediation of Bngland, tbn armistice will
take plnco within thirty day* ufter tho Mexican
government it nnlifiad of the convention by tire
Riitish Minister in Mexico. A* the despatches of
Lord Palmerston minting l» this subject have nl
ready been fiirwntdud from Galveston, wo may ex
poet intelligence from Mexico relative to the armit
tin*, nhiiut the 1st of March.
Five Indians, says tho Austin Sentinel of the 28ih
Jan., were killed in Webber's prairie, 12 miles be
low that city, on the Monday previous. A largo
party of citixont wore in pursuit of another party,
dineuvcred in thnt neighborhood.
Timm wa* n rumor at IlnuMuuti.Rt General Sam
Houston hud been wounded in uduel witliD G Bur
•toil, but it wus thought to bu n hnux,
(CIRCULAR.)
Chamber of Commerce, Kingston, Jamaica, )
January 1st, 1841. )
By an Act of the Logisluturo of thi* Island, 3d
Vie., cap. 30, which bus mceived tho Royal Assent
uf Her Mujusty in Council, und omen into operation
this dav, the Currency of the Country has been niter
ed, nml henceforth lliu Sterling Money of Great Bri
tain will lie used; ond all uccounts, quotations of
prices current, iVc., will bo tnadnin Slorling Money,
All contracts, sales, and utlmr Monetary trunsuo
lions now subsisting me tube regarded and settled
fin in tho rates uf XlOO sterling, fur every £1GG
13s. 4.1. Currency. Tho Doubloon is declared n le
gni louder at £3 4*. Slorling; the Silver Dollar at
4s. 2d., and tho several sub-divisions ofthose Coins
at the jamu rate; und tho Guldond Silver Coins of
Great Britain und Ireland shall bu a legul lender to
any amount, nt tha rate they pais current at in
Great Britain nml Irelntid
11 BC R)R MITCH EL, President.
You Will peicriie. tlioicf-oe. tint tb« reference
of this motion to ti United Main P.nnh policy, by
tire gentleman from North Carolina, [Mr. Bytiuns/]
is esctedmgly appropria’e. A I tlm netlro oper.
lions of tbatinstiluilcn weie, ami will I-**, on Gum in
nwnt funds nnd piivnte il«*|H»-ii*-*. The former
of *| tela,(Gemgi* and Ninth Carolina gold, fur in
•innce,) or Imnk note* commanding •p»jcio. ’ll."
umnunt invalved in the operation* of tfm l»rane.li
mints is worth contending (or, being from half to x
million of dollar* annunliy in United E tales gold,
beside* foreign coin. ‘1 hi* will form an important
i item in the specie exhibit of your Bunk.
Anotlnrr busis of tlm nctiva operations of surli ii
Bank bos been, and will lie, cotton, rice, and tohne
By these it has controlled, nod will control, the
foreign exchanges. By the gold product* und other
leposites of your Government, it will control your
domestic exchange*, ur.d reulizc thereon w hat profits
it may deem prudent.
So far, thou, n* pioftt am to bo derived from tbu
natural products, whether of cotton, rice, tobacco
or gold, a* a predinm ol exchanges, foreign or do
mestic, it is, by the policy of this luw, held to ho
just nnd fair that tbosu profits should fall into tbn
hands of dm Inborers, nuuchunts, or municnl institu
ti.ns of dint people whom soil nnd climate-, work
and lubir, rnru and diligence, produce those com
m nii its. This is the principle of tlm existing Inw,
und yet gontlcmen sny thi. is protection. Ye*, sir,
it \spiotection—protection to free trade nnd equal
right*, that is all; und fur that only yiur Government
wot formed.
ArolUer item of expense, sir, 1 would hero men
lion, by no moans the least, which would bo visited
on tlsjse hardy yeomanry who dig gold, if you di*
pcn*.i with your brunch minis. It is the exchange
of pire gold for bank bills which wear out, or burn
np, ur prove wordilcs* by bank suspensions or bank
breakages. A great safeguard nnd facility to the
inhabitant* where gold i» produced, arising font its
coinage in their vicinity, is an easy, cheap, and cor
lain and safe currency for domestic use.
And now, as tho location of your coinngo brings
nilvantuges nnd facilities to tlusu amongst whom it
take* place. In rcnlidng it in money free of cast,
in tho facilities of eurren -y, Ac. in become* n quo*
lion not of protection but Iff alternative right and
choice, in whoso faveryou will decide—tlm people
who dig tlm gold, nr tlie hankers, brokers nnd mar
chants of i'hiladclphis. By establishing your branch
mint*, you havo dourmiued, (recording to equity
nnd justice, to distribute a portion uf these benefits
to the gold diggers;nnd now tlm preposition is torn
assume tlmliulo you have yielded, nnd that before
you have fairly tested your policy of giving up. And
why ? It is answered: 1st. For economy: 2d. For
reform In executive pntroiing.*, to diminish tho chan
ces ofcorruptian. I,sir, am for reform, whenever
it con Im effected. JJut what will bn the nature of
tho refuim in this case? As I am ahown, it will be
from bnd to worse, both in principle nnd in prac
tice. In principle, bccau.m it will require the pro
ducer of gold, nt the price of taxation, to convert it
into paper money, which w ill be loss sound and snfe
because of this very act of taking ids gold to depo
sit" in a bank in I'iiiludelpliiu, instead of permit ting
it to circulnli) in Ids own neighborhood.
Experience proves tin*, so; for prior to establishing
your branch mints, tha people in that part of my
State were confined to paper currency ulmost entire
ly; and, notwithstanding they daily handled the pro
clous metals, thoy wcrecompollod to give it for pa
per, us if paper wus rcully tlm tiling of value.
Since tho operation of thu mint, tho gold Is used
as coin, being convertible without cost. And oven
lust summer, in tho midst of suspension, that pun
of Georgia was supplied with specie change.
But'this reform will be from bad to wose in prac
lice, too—since, to rid yourself of those bronco
mints nnd their officer*, ull of whom yea havo pre
turned would be corrupted, you will throw your
funds on daposilc in some vast reservoir—a hank
vault, for instance, (1 bclinvo tlm mover of this is
for repealing the Sub-Treasury, forcrentinga Unit
od States Bank, mul for restoring the deposites,)
where, by the facility of expansions, ono million
ntny become three, for tlm benefit of your greot city
and its favorite bank—w hich, w ith its officer* uud
dependant*, you nevtr suspect of corruption.
This, sir, will bo tho practical reformation. I
would iiavu Georgians and Gcurgin Representatives
to look to it. This jiroduct of Georgia will bo ono
item in this basis of issue, ond tho cotton, rice, and
tobacco, another. In deficiency of these, tho Statu
stocks will lie Invoked to aid them.
If, sir, this argument of" economy" is to prevail
let it bc{exumiucd,nnd it proves too much or loo litllo.
It nroves too much, because you cun coin ull your
gold and ailvcr clienpor far at Clmrloto onJ Dull
loncgu, or either, than nt I'hilndeiplil i. Tln-rn
fore, the principal Mint should bo abolished. Sell
i f dollar* nnd cent*. Mr. I). Went on to *hnw lha*
(b* *ume argument would apply to po«t offrevt nnd
other institutions.established, not fin | rnfit. but for
tlm cor vvnii-ncei I tlm people. In conclusion bo
submitted to hi* friends nil round whether they
thought steam enough bnd not been let off, and wire
I liter they bad not belter tKlte ilia question nt nnre.
! Mr. IV. C. Johnson inn le nn explanation as to
the vote be should give, lb* rons'ub-rcd that Con
grass ought not toHatter tlm i stitution* for coin
ing money all over tlm Union, tnetely bccattso it
had llrepnwrr lod« It. He wa* in favor of having
but one mint for coining the gold of tlm country, un
It'** that gold should he lound in greater quantity.
After soma remarks from Mr Graham, tliaqncs
lion on striking out tlm claiifn in question w n* taken
fiy tellers, nnd decided in the ntgativu—Ayes 53,
ti"Cs 73
So tlm nmendment wns rejected.
On motion of Mr. Andrew*, the committee then
hi and reported progress.
'i ho I loose limn adjoin ned.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2G, 1841.
CONGRESS.
Wc publish our correspondent'* letter of the 19lh
inst. which did not nrrivi until yesterduy, nnd has
consequently been, in a measure, anticipated.
On Snturduy, (2Utli inst.) us wo leurn from tlm
Globe of thnt date, tlm election of I’rinter for the
Senate, which the Hartison portion of that body
bnd previously attempted to postpone until tlm 4ill
■f Mutch, so ns 11 defeat the election of the publish
ers of tlm Globe, cornu up.
Mr. Mauguin onnoutmeJ bis intention of not vo-
ting.
Tho knllo-s having been counted, the Vice I’rcsj
dent announced tlm result usfulluWr:
For Blair und Hives, 2G
F. I*. Blair, 1
So Dluirnnd Rives were declared to be duly elec
ted Printer* of tlm Somite for tim "7th Congress.
[Mr. Nicholson(Dern.) nnd Mr. Bates (Fed.)
were absent when tho vote wn* taken.]
REPEAL OF THE INDEPENDENT TREA
SURY.
Mr. Clay’s (of Ky.) resolution was taken up. nnd
Mr. Clay addressed tlm Senntu in favor of its ndop-
FLORIDA.
Wo learn that it is rumored in Florida that tim
Indians attempted to make their escape from Tiimpu
Buy a few days *inco. We would think this more
probable limn that tlm Commanding General would
allow- them (we mean those captured) to walk oil*
Ncgociation with such a race is tsuly numbuggpiy
FROM FLORIDA.
By the (ten. Clinch. C.ipt. Brooks, we yesterday
received copies of tbo Next and Herald, of Friday
lust. Extracts follow:
From the St. Augustine Seres 19/A ins'.
lIXAvr Btmv.—On Sunday last, tlm vestal* in
hnthor, consisting of the Joseph Crowell, Wulter
M., Kinpite, and Stephen & Franco*, proceeded to
•na.wHh a strong wind from tlm Southward and
Westward. About 12 o'clock, the wind veered to
the Northward, and blew with great fury, compel
ling the vessel* to put back for tbit |Hirt. The Em
pire. in attempting to go about, mts*ed stays, and
iter anchor* wen* immediately let go, bringing Imr
up, with her stern grounded on the Mnldl* ground.
The Stephen & Frances misted stays, and was
brought up by her anchor*, when she rode out tlm
gnia in **fuiy. Tlm Welter M. und Joseph Crow
ell tlwn came iu,—tim latter misting slays, was dri
venashore an the Middle ground, and tlm former
succeeded in making a (isibor near tire light bouse,
Tbu 1'mpiru continued striking all night, and finally
pailrd her cable* near dsylight, and wont ashore
wi lha Middle ground. AH of the vessel* sustained
more nr less damage. The Empire lost bet rudder,
the Stephen At Francis both anchors, and tlm Wal
ter M. otoke the niulals uf Iter rudder. The pas
•enger* landed from the Empire, on the Middle
ground, and walked (be beach, when tlmy wero ear
tied acres* by tit# boat# of the Walter M. le llie
TWENTY-SIXTH CONOIIES8.
SECOND SESSION.
W
•arsed cue, tad tire muiJrrci'wii1."'.i > "“I*. J' 1 ' .**" Bjbi house. J im night was intensely cold, tnd
Ut tire red bl»ad of L'sj l SouthwitkeHjilitfJilmiimiUovJ und untiring
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Wednesday, Feb. 17.
Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation Pill.
Oil motion of Mr. Julies o£ Virginia, tho llouso
resnivod itsoll'into a Committee of the Whole on tho
stute of tlm Union, (Mr. Bull iu tha chair,) nml re
sumed thecoiiaitloriitiunof (hel.ill making nppropria
lions for the civil nnd diplomatic cxpcnicsof tlm Go
vernmont for the year 1841. The question pending
wan tlm motion nt Mr. Green to striko out ail the
items of appropriation having reference to tho
Brunch Mint* uf North Carolina, Georgia and New
Orleans', and the cxpcuditurcs connected therewith.
Mr. Habersham also opposed the amendment,
nnd replied with much futce to tlm objections rai*
ud by Sir. Tillingliast.
Mr. Kvurotlobjected to tlm proposition to strike
out, fur sa long at tlm law authorizing these mints
existed, tli« House was bound to innku llie appro
priation. If gentlemen objected to them, the pro
per cuurao waste repunl llie Inw.
Mr. Coopor of Gcurgin, snid thnt lie would ndd
a few remarks to thoso made by bis colleague from
Habersham county.
.1 find, Mr. Chairman, (said Mr. C ) the csinh
lishmoiitof these branch mints to havu been a part
of your policy for several yenis. Tbo motion to
strike out involves a change. To ju*ti;y thi* change,
it should be shown or admitted by the friend* of
the policy, that the reason* for creating them were
unfounded, or that those reason* have failed to op
mate Wliut wero those reasons? The gentleman
front Vormont line intimated to you, a* Im did last
session, that one reason was in proton the Inbniing
classes in tho gold region. This 1 do not ngree to;
for, with equal propriety, tho tame might be assign
ed ns n reason lor establishing the principal Mint
at I'htDdelphin which was established before the
discovery of gold in North Carolina nnd Georgia.
Again: foreign gold is nc*t taxed by tlm law to cn
bunco tlm value of our gold, but comp tes fairly at
tbo Mint w.tb the domestic. Therefore, the idea
of protection is misapplied hero. Tho presumption
is thnt iho objects ot tha law were to diffuso a mo
lullic currency amongst the mass of the people,nnd
to giro to those Stnto* which produce tho gold, tho
full benefits of that pr uluct. fiee of the taxation in
cident to an cxpnrtntioujo a foreign rnatkot. This,
sir, is cnriying out the principles of free trade on
terms of equality.
But establishing your mint exclusively at Pbiladel
phis, and what is the effect? Tho entire produce nf
gold in Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, nnd
1‘ennessee, will be shipped to Philabeipld.i, ju*t i
cot ton,rice or tobacco is to New York or to Eurnp
before it will become available as mom y. This in
volve* tlm cost of discount, commission*, insurance
and freight; so that a man in Gootgi*,after possess
ing himself of tlm specie metal, will not Im permit
ted to count it out as money, until he shall submit
tu till those items of oust. This, too, will bo by tlm
operation ofyour laws. And to wliai end! Why,
sir. thst yuur government agent* at Philadelphia
may have the benefit of all the deposit* and coinage
nf his money—a benefit which heretofore ha* been
worth to your banking agencies hundred, of thou
sands.
The rest of a branch mint, iliereforw, nf |/I,0fl0 a
year, ts* lax lor protection. ()ou s*y.) though tlm
nun who buy* pay* no more for tlm coin; ami yet
die tax which would be paid by dm producer of die
gold, fee the benefit nf your Philadelphia agencies,
by wliirli ht receives leu, i* an protection t-* your
great city ami its I'micd Htaiet llstik. This, sir,
it • fait specimen uf Batik logic, and t* laud on lbs
your property at Philadelphia, give us tho uso o(
tho proceeds, and we will do all your coinogo freo
of expen-e.
Again: Coinage is a (lend oxponsonny way you
may mannngc,naddoe* not pay for Itself. By tlm
same nrgument, you would coin notcherc; since, on
n scorn of dollar* a ml cunts, you would find it cheap
er to let other nations or individuals coin.
Again: if you abolish these offices because they
nro an expense, wliut will become of thu thuusnud
und one offices, judicial, civil, financial, and military,
whiph bring you in no money annually?
Sir, this argument, will not do. 1 now proceed
to show that, so far as tlm policy you sot out with
is just and (rue, insicnd of icing disappointed, you
may* expect all your reasonable hope* to be reoliz
cd.^
First, then, my coll, oguo who sits on my right
[Mr Holt j now suggest* to me that, by intelligence
received lust night, it appears "that by very recent
discoveries there nro development* making in iho
•old region of Georgia never before anticipated."
Tills, in pait, I witnessed last summer. And here
I (end from the document of thu House, givingn
report of tho operations uf tlm mint, to show tliis
committee what it seems anapprized of, to wit: Fwr
tlnce years during which jlw branch mints Iiavo
been operating, thu two at Duhlonegu and Chur
lotto havo coinod ncnrly two thirds of all the Uni
tedSlalet (Sold coined iu the Union during that
time—tho cuiite amount of Amoricuu gold coined
being bom $420,000 t-J $150,000, of which those
two brandies have coined about $230,000. And of
the $170,000 American gold coined at Philadelphia
la-l year, ninety odd thousand was tho product of
Georgia.
•Now, sir, but for llie high exchanges produced
by bank suspensions, und tho operation of an order
ul the Mint forbidding less sums than $100 to be
coined ul tlm brandies, $80,000 of that $90,000
would have been coined nl Duhlonrgn. Add this
to whnt it did coin, say $128,000, und you wuuid
Iiavu had over $2UO.UUO coined at lliut brunch.
A* to tlm product of gold and its prospects. In
IC37, tlm your before these brandies were iu opera
tlon.tlm total of United States gold wns $282,000.
Since thnt time the iinnuo] average hut been near
half a million. And nt Dahluncgu in particular, it
it decidedly increasing.
Now, »ir, 1 beg to estimate nn increase for tho
next year, founded on iho presumption that tho
banks will not ngain suspend, for if they do, bullion
will be shipped as exchanges rise, instead of being
coined nt home. Heia is tlm estimate: $125,000
present product. Thi* will be increased 25 per
cent by increase of labor, new developments, and
increased facilities. In round sum, $31,000. One
half of vvliat wont to l'liiladelpliiu to be eoined will
Im coined at home, sny $45,000, milking tho totul
coinage at Dahlnnega $201,000 in the year next
ensuing.
Thi* is liublo to bo diminished by the general
slot from tho principal Mint, and tlm limitation of
tiie current depo-iie at Daidonega to bo used to
forward thu operation* there.
Now, sir, in the failure of any of reasons of youi
policy, ur with no disappointed hope*, it remains to
see who will ubrogato tho mo.uun-. Tlm partv
wldcliadopted it cannot; and thole who have de
clined to support it heretofore, I presume, vviUnot
now do it.
If it should bo done, I fur ono will iouk after tho
goldprodiiced in Georgia, till it finds its stopping
pl*co in tlm vaults of a United State* Bunk; and 1
will then reckon up the cost of putting und keeping
it there, and cnll on smite one to tell mo echo pays
the cost and trio divide* th* profits.
About the sumo tinm <oo, if in life, I will watch
tlm course our cotton will tako, and inquire into
the result* which thereby will fall on tho planter*
a* well as the reasons thnt will havo governed its
course in trade.
After tome explanations from Mr. Tillingliast.
Mr. Stanley made aomo brief remarks, and con
eluded by sending an amendment to tho desk,
which amendment lint Ciiaik decided was not in
oid*r.
Mr. Graves followed, and alto made some brief
rcmxiks.
Mr. Dawson, after tome observations In relation
la tho wide latitude tho debate had taken, opposed
llie proposition to strike out lha appropriation fur
branch mints, and eaposvd tha fallacy of the urgu
men's urged in favor of it, It had lean sal.I 1I.41
there branch mints did nut pay their expenses; but
would grnilemen af lha North say that tlieir burner
uu*custom lmu»*t and imrlxof tntry paid ths-lc ex
|H-nMif No, tin y could not. But llie custom houses
like the branch minis, ware elected fpr the court ni
tUi( ul ihacwumi), and.aul sulci) in coniidvialien
Mr. Allen, after a few remarks in explanation of
the motion ho was about to inuko. moved to lay tho
whole subject on the tuldc, but withdrew- it at the re
quest of .
Mr. Cloy,-whobriefly replied to Mr. Allon.
Mr. Williums nml Mr. Walker followed, assign
ing tlmir tmiAons for iho votes they were ahoulto
give.
Mr. Sevier then obtained tho floor, and renewed
the motion to lay tho resolution on tho table, giving
notice ho would not withdraw it for friend nr foe,
Tho question wus then taken on laying tho rosolu
lion mi tlm tnble, ond decided in the nffirnintive—
nyos 27, norg 25, ns follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Allen, Anderson, Benton, Bur.h
nnan, Calhoun, Clay of Alabama, C'uthbcrt, Fulton,
Hubbard, King, Linn, Lumpkin, Mouton, Nichol
son, Norvell, Fierce,Roane, Robinson, Sevier. Smith
of Connecticut, Sturgeon, Tappnn, Walker, Wall,
Williams, Wright, and Young—27.
Nay*.—Messrs. Bayard, Bates. Clay of Kentucky,
Cluyton, Crittenden, Dixon, Grnh'tm, Hcrxlorson,
Huntington, Kcr, Knight, Mangum, Merrick, N'cho
las, I'lwAp*, Purler, Premiss, Preslon, lllves, Rug
gles, Smith of Indiana, Soulh-ird, Tullmadge, Web
star, an-J White—25.
In thn House the Civil and Diplomatic Appropri
ation Bill was considered iu committee, the ques
tion pending being Mr. Stanley’s motion to strike
out tha enacting clause.
Mr. Undo wood, in hi* ramatks, dwolt upon the
perquisites of Government officers in Now York,
nnd asserted that in onnyoor llie collector amassed,
in addition to hi* salary, $39,000, and thnt the
Post-muster received from porqui 1 ,000 per
annum.
Will Harrison reform bo extended to these gen-
tnen? If so, thu Whig Editors will hardly cuvet the
responsibilities of the latter office.
Mr. Snrgcuui followed, and without concluding,
gnvo way ton motion Utauhu committee rise,and
tho House adjourned.
(Correspondence of the Ssvsnnxli Georgian.) 1
Washington. Frb. id.
S< mo of your readers hnve duubt less read in their
early days, a most delectable nursery ballad, called
."l.itllo Coe It Robin," and if limit- memory due* no,
fail them, they will rendily discover that (be firs,
canto of that celebrutod poem, goes in our vulgar
tongue (ns I Iiavo nut tlm luiin by me) after this
fashion:
"WhohlPcd Cock Robin?
I.said tlie Sparrow,
With my bow and arrow,
And I killed Cock Robin,"
Now, without being prolix in explaining the
'lining ol introducing this matter here, l will
merely give your reader* tho cuusu in ns brief a
manner as possible, voila !
Last evoning, Mr, Stanly, of North Carolina,
mado n long spi-cch, while tim llouso was in Com.
mitten of the Wlmlo, on the Civil and Diplomatic
Appropriation Bill. His speech related to several
things under and over this suhlunory sphere, nnd
also to thu distinguished representative ftom South
Curolinn, Mr, Pickens, and thu State Im romes
from. This morning, the House, instead of going
on with tlm hill, suspended iho rules, in order to
take op u bill providing for the payment of Rcvulu
tionaiy pensions to widows, on the sumo terms us
tho nci of 1833 for the sumo purpose. After some
halfdozen members had talked themselves hoarse,
Mr. I'inkon* obtained thn floor, nnd in tint course
of Id* remarks, alluded to iho "pigmy arm" of llie
member from North Carolina, n« too short to reach
South Carolina, and uf.er defending his (Mr. I’V)
Stale from the aspersions cast upon hor by Mr.
Stanly, nnd alluding to the course pursued by tho
member from North Carolina, Mr. Pickens repent
ed tho lines I have'quoted from llie nursery builad
nfotesaid to Mr. Stnnly.
Mr. Stnnly (lien got the floor, and said thnt if he
is "a sparrow," lie wn* enabled by his uso of tlm
arrow, to kill several gentlemen like tho one from
South Cnro'ina.nnd here l he mat ter ended, although
it is said that Col. Sumter, of South Curolinn, wait
ed on tlm North Cnrolinn gentleman for nn apology,
nnd that the affair i* now so fixed that it must end
in a duello, or a recantation of tho "sparrow" ex
pression.
Tlm Revolutionary Pension Bill was then passed,
and the Civil and Diplomatic Bill wa* again tnkei
up. Mr. Riictt, of South Carolina, had the floor,
nnd delivered a vary excellent speech.
After which, tho House adjourned.
Tlm Senate decided today logo into nn election
for Printer to-morrow. A long debate preceded
this conclusion, anti several of the Federal leaders
made great fools of themselves, at usual, in endea
voring to stave oil* vvliat wns ccrtuin.
Wcatlior pleasant still—quite lika spring, and,
lantDto, five South Western mails last night.
Tho Correspondent of thn Charleston Courier
write* (Feb. 20)—It i« rumored iu tlm city, thnt the
difficulty between Mr. Pickens and Mr Stanley has
been adjusted, in a pacific nnd sati*factory manner.
Others say it is not so; at all ovont*, the adjustment
hns not keen announced to tho Iluusc, as is usual in
such casos.
Gov. Gilmer i* to bo elected Senator from Virginia.
He is anti-bank.
If Mr. Badger, of N. C., hns, tvsnimured, declin
od tho appointment of Secretary uf tho Navy, Mi
Preston, or Mr. Ghmcrof Georgia, will bepiumi
nent cundidnics for thnt station.
The Amis/ad enso wns commenced to day; a mo
tion wnsmndc to dismiss timnppcal.
Special Mission to London.—The Richmond
Whig of 1 huisdny says:—"A rumor is afloat, and
we devoutly hope it ntny be true, that Mr. Clay
will bu despatched forthwith to London on a special
mission to open negotiations for the final adjustment
of diflicuhioK. The occurrence* ut Lock port seom
to require iinmodinto action to avert so direful a ca
lnndty as war."
boen st all deficient in kittmUdgo, Im learned
enough from Judge licit icn, when he iclutned from
hi* lit st mission lu the senate, to straw that If Gen.
Harrison i* u soldier, Im is no officer.
At lippeennoe, Gen. Harrison roactmd tho
Wabash m the afternoon; ha encamped on the bank*
of tlm river, which gave him water, and covered
ono ol liis flunk*. The Prephcl'e village was in view
and under In* field cannon, which in fifteen minute*
could have destroyed their slockudu defenco. The
Prophet sent out hit agents to entreat Gen Horri
son to withdraw lint her from thn town, that they
were labouring to bring about peace, but their young
m»*n might attack him in the night, before they
could do so, and thnt they would guido him to n
place, where Im could gat wood nud water. He
dotermined to do so in spite of the remonstrance of
Col. Davies and the other olficeis. He allowed
himself to be guided iu thu dark to a wooded ridge,
between two creek*, lu iho night tlm Indians kill
ed with at rows his sentinels, and were tomahawk
ing liis menu round their fires before the alarm wa#
given.
The gallant CjI Davies who expected to be attack
ed, had picquctcd hi* hoi *e around his men, and at
tempted to clcur thu front of lha camp by a charge.
Tho iiorse* wero*jfrecipitoted into a morass; Col.
Davies was tomahawked with many mure of Ilia
brave companion*, while their horses were flounder
ing in themiro. St, 11 thi* rlnirge preserved tho rest
of tlm troops, nnd Gen. Harrison after having ancri
lined more tlmn nn hundred men, was left todictato
terms uf pence ul thnt village, (rum which he turned
nwny the evening before.
Judge Berrien wus lliu friend and class-mate of
Cul. Davies, und much of this relation, Mr. S. had
from him
check as
ty. Am
I havo
stnlemer
without
which it
dignont feeling*flushed upon his
it tale of Gi-ii Harrison's creduli
1 hero of Tippecanoe!"
indoubliug conviction that this
1 it applies to me, is altogether
. Overlooking tho occasion on
, and the motives which induced
it, 1 am pet frctly willing to admit that Mr Spalding
sincerely beliuvus the truth of what he hat slated,
nuy that he had such a conversation with some one,
while las confidently assert, that he is in error,
in supposing tliui ho had such a conversation with
me. Claimin'; nothing inure than I concede, tho
mutter resolves itself into a question of the compara
tive uccurucy uf Mr. Spalding's recolloetion and
mine. That a correct judgment may bo formed on
this subject, I propose to exumina tho ntaregoing
statement, nud to make my remark* intelligible,and
at tho same lime to present Mr. Spalding’s views,
1 give in it* order the correspondence which has tu-
ken place between us.
MEETING IN ATHENS.
Sinco the publication of the proceedings of tho
public mooting in Athens, wo have received tho fol
lowing nolo from Judge Hurrison, who presided
at tho meeting, with the requost tlmt xv« should
give it publicity, nnd usk thoso papors that copied
tho proceedings to do tho sumo.—Augusta Chron.
23d inst.
Arens, February 19,1041.
To the Editors of the. Chronicle <$• Sentinel
CSentlemen.—1 noticed in your last pnperthopro
cecding* of n mooting of the ciliz-ns of this placet
held lust Saturday, in relation to the suspension of
our Bnnk*, nt which I presided. I avail myepif of
tills modo uf saying, that nhliough I presided hy the
request of my fellow citizens at the meeting, 1 did
not concur with that portion of them that recom
mended n suspension, believing then ns I do now,
thnt the Book* should be held to u faithful and bon
est d'uchurgo of their obligations.
Respectfully, your obd't servant,
THOMAS W. HARRIS.
Copy of a letter from J. M. Berrien toT. Spalding,
Savannah, 15th Sopt. 1840.
Dear Sir—I have seen casually, in a paper pub
fished in thispluco, a statement mudo hy you in ro
latum to tiro battle of Tippecanoe, xpeuking of which
in a subsequent paragraph, you say—"Judge Ber
rien was thn friend and class-mnta of Col. Davies,
and much uf this relation, Mr. S hod from him,
whose indignant feelings flunked upon his check*
he told this tale ol Gen. Harrison's credulity."
Assuring myself that you have no disposition in
tontionnlly to misrepresent me, but thoroughly con
vinccd nt tho sumo time thnt this stalomont it erre
nooUA, I add 1 ess mysolf fim to you, that you may
have un opportunity to mnko thu necessary correo
tion. You speak of u conversntion which, accord
ing to your statement, occurred some fifteen years
ugo, when there was nothing in Gen. Harrison’s po
siiloii to give particular interest to the subject, and
you sny thill convolution wns with me. But vou
suite n fact which proves decisively thnt your mem
ory has deceived you in this particular You speak
of me as "the friend and class-mate ofCol Davie*,"
nnd nf tho "indignant feelings," (of course resulting
from the relation which I utn supposed to havo held
with that gallant man,) which flushed my cheek as
l told thi* tale. Now when I tell you a* the fact is
thill Cnl. D.ivie«wu* not my "friend," that he was
not my "classmate,” that I nuver knew him person
ally, nor otherwise than ns wo know thosu of whoso
actions we read, you will, 1 think, be satisfied that
yuu have, from llio lapse of time, unintentionully
-attributed to me n conversation wh.ch you held
with somn one else. Musi certainly 1 could nuver
Iiavo held such n conversation witii you.
I ask nn unswer ut your earliest leisure, nnd am
Respectfully yours,
J. M. B.
To Thomas Staldino, Esq.
WAR MOVEMENT IN MAINE.
On the 3d instant resolutions on the subject nf re
polling British aggression, were offered in the House
of Reprerrntntives, and referred to iho committee
on tho North Knstorn Roundniy. We loom from
tho Portland Argusnftho 15th instant, that these
resolutions wore taken up by the Sonnto on tho 13th,
nnd n r tor being amended by inserting $1,000,000,
instead nf $400,000, for tho defenco of the state,
were referred to the saino commitlco.
Mr. Davis then offered tho following resolve
which wa* nl«o referred to tho committco on tho
North Eastern boundary:—
" Resolve for repelling foreign invnsion and pro
viding for tho protection of iho stnto.
" Be it Resolved, Thnt thn President of thn Uni
red State* be requested nnd urged to cause tha im
incdinte removal of thn foreign armed force, by
— - *•-— i* invaded, stationed upon tlie upper
which
valley of the St. John’s, nnd thnt tho Government
of tho United States be earnestly invoked to relievo
this stain from the present heavy needless burthen
of its own defence."
New Jersey Senator.—Tho Philndcltdiia In
qutrer of tire 2fltlt inst. says:—YVo nre informed
that tlie Legislature of New Jersey, in joint meet
ing, yesterday, elected the lion. Andrew Miller, of
Morris county, a Senator of the United Status, from
tho 4th of March next, for six year*, in the place
of Garret D. Wall, whoro term then expires. Mr.
Miller is said to Im a IPAig.
MR. WEBSTER.
The resignation of Mr. Webster, to tako offect on
the 22.1 inst. wus transmitted on tho lGth inst. to
the Logislarorc of Matsnchu<ctu.
Senator from Massachusetts —Rufus Cheat,
Esq. one uf thu ablest uud most eminent lawyers iu
Massachusetts, was nominated, almost without a
dissenting voice, by tho Whig members of the Le*
gii!a'ure,«iu Wednesday, a* successor to Mr. Web-
•lor in thu Sonnto of th* United States.
U. S. B ink Notes.—Many store keepers in Phil
ndelphia announce that they will take the note* of
the U. 8. Bank at pnr iu payment for goods. The
discount f.»t them ut the brokers'offices hud impruv
ud. and they were sold on Thursduy, at 8 tu 9 per
cert. The Inquiret ndd*.
This is a favorable sign, and wa trust that tho
effect will beta nl'toibthu greater portion of the
notes in circulation, und (ho* plscu them on • pu r
with those of the other Bank*.
Interesting to Blacksmiths.—\ blacksmith nf
MiDn lias diti-ovvrod that, by suspending a length
of chain to one of the cuMicrt ol the anvil by meant
of a ring, tlm noise ut the liintmrr may bo •Iniosi
t)itt>r« deadened.
[FOU THE GEORGIAN.]
NEAR DARIEN. Feb. 23,1341.
Mr. Bui.i.oen-—
Dear Sir—I must request you to republish in
llio Georgian, thu correspondence between Judge
Berrien and myself, which ho cnu-cd to ho publish*
od in the Republican. My reply to Judge Berrien
wa* nccessuiily very short, for l had but a few
hours, to obtain from Mr. Rcee, his certificate of
my being nl Millcdgcvillc, in tho discharge ofn pub
lie trust, dining the early summer session of the
Legislature, in tho year 1825, nnd no time to re
flect upon whnt else might bo necessary in reply to
Judge Berrien.
I now think, after reflecting, that you will your,
self bo scarcely less aurprUcd, than I wns, to hear
Jailge Bunion sny, that General HnrrisoM was
quite an unimportant personage, after the close o*
the late war: nnd one upon whoso acting* or doings’
men travelling together for two days wore not like
ly to think of, or talk about. Now, if Gun. liarri-
sonwas rcully tbo unim oriunt personnga, Judga
Berrien represent* him to havo been then, what
new eircumsmneo has arisen in his lifesince, to ral
ly nrouud him tho American people, and to make
his mime 11 watch-word to float upon a thousand
banner* by day, to bo echoed in n thousand (halls
by night, from Portland in Muine, tu Ru<| River in
Louisiana? N", Sir, it wns because I considered
General I Lu risen an important persnnngo, in a
civil as well n* a military point of view, that I
thought of him, or spoko of him, either then or at
any other time.
But will you not be equally surprised) to hear
Juilgo Berrien sny, that ho never had any military
taste, that he was never qualified to bo a military
critic—when you remember that ho commanded
dining all tho war, and for years afterwurds, whnt
1 believe, before God! to liove been tbo most gal.
lant corps, of all llio gullaut men, that Georgia could
havo sunt to bnttlu in tho day of danger. Yes, Sir
the plume thnt was carried upon tho brow of a Jones'
a Maxwell, or a GorJon, could never Iiavo been
stained but by tho blood of tho onemy; or by the
warm blood which would havo burst from their own
veins in the last agony.
It is now, Sir, near five months, since my corres
pondence with Judge Berrien closed. I hud been
surprised, I had been disappointed, I had been
mortified, at llio result of thu Prosidontinl rlcctiuu:
but the people had exercised their own rights, at
their own will; and I had become reconciled to the
result, in the deep conviction, 'hat the same power
thnt had watched over the destinies of tho Anreri
can people for fifty years and more, would watch
over their destiny still. Why Judge Berrien, at
•hi* lute hour, should desire to rake up, the embers
ofcxtinguiiiied fun*—he best can teil.
I remain, Sir,
Veiy resppc'folly,
Your obedient serv’r.
THOS. SPALDING.
Copy of a letter from T. Spalding, to J. M. Berrien.
Sapelo Island, Sept. 20.
Dear Sir:—Your loiter of the 15th Snptomber, I
tit’s morning received 5 as wo havo but two mails a
week from Darien, you cannot rocoivo my unswer
before Wednesday night.
I sincerely regret tho courso our correspondence)
is likely to take, and will therefore givo a simple
narrutivn of ull I may romhemer in relation to it.
Somn four years ngo, Mr King, of Glynn, and
myself spent a night together, on tho road between
Darien and Milledgevillo, while tho election for
President wns going air, wa differed in opinion, wo
both became wurin, wo separated, nnd have never
exchanged oven a sulutalinn since. In Match last,
when in very ha-l health, I received Col.*Alford’s
speech, franked by Mr. King; my first impression
wn*. that lids speech wns sent to me, endorsed by
Mr. King, under other than kindly intention*. nni j
l tmmndialoly wrote tho note to Vim thnt hax'beon
printed. At the ond of that noto I said I would
print it; nnd iu going on to Savannah in tho begin
ningof Mny, I cr.niud a copy with mo, intending to
rest it* printing on future circumstances. From
timo to time, iu the worm contests of the day, 1
havo alluded to the contents of this note; but from
tbo many papers of similar chnractcr which were
spreading over the country, nud after seeing Col.
Boyd’s letter confirmatory of the substance of my
note, in rngmd 10 Tippecanoe, 1 had given up all
idea of obtruding this puper upon tho public, until I
heard that my veracity was impeached in the rela
tiun given uf our conversation.
Now, Judgo Berrien, my recollection of thnt con
versation is us distinct today, ns tho duy after it 00
currcd; ns to all thut is materia] in it, to wit, after
having rouehed the Indian village, General Hnrii
son permitted Idmrelf to he drawn off to ether
ground for encampment, against the remonstrances
of ids officers, and that, at that new encampment,
It-* was surprised by a night attack, and lost many
men. Col. Boyd said ho preserved the army; Gov
Tazewell *oy» Col. Miller saved tho army. I under
stood you to sny Col. Davies, although lid fell, had
given time for other rescue.
I must Havo boon mistuken, iu supposing you tho
c Inss-mato of Col. Davies; but I must havu been led
into that mistake by your telling me be wns a gradu
ute of Princeton, where I know, you wero yourself
educated; for I learned in Snvnnnnh tho other day,
tho only circumstance of Col. Davies’privato lifo,
T0 the From the Republican, Utli Feb. 1841.
Editors of the Savannah Republican:
Gentlemen.—lu a newspaper pntuished at this
place, which some gentleman took the trouble to
send to me, shortly after its publication, l saw n state
meat made by Thomas Spulding, K-q. nf McIntosh
county, of a conversation u!!eged to liuvo taken
placo between him and myself, s-unc fifteen yetrs
ago, in relation to Gen. Harrison. As I was entire
ly sensible that Mr. Spalding wus under somn mis
apprehension in this matter, l uddiciscd to him the
first of’ilie letters in the following series, thut be
might have an opportunity in the mode least unpleu
sunt to himself, to correct the mistake into w hu h lie
had t ilb'n. His answer, lo-allirmiug bis itatumum,
imposes upon me tbo necessity of making llio cor
rection. Some ddoy in doing so,has occurred from
my own iiidisjiotilinn, from the linte necessary to
correspond with Mr. Whirahottd* nud lu obtain lira
catalogue hereafter referred 1,1, and finally from
csuiusto which I need not utotu partirulaily advert.
To me, such an office wuuid Ira at any timo unplmii
ant. In my present stele uf liraliu;, it j« peculiar
ly •». and I could only Iiavo Iraen driven to it, by
llio r ccurrei.ee of tbu tact w hich is stated In tho con
eluding paragraph of Mr. Spalding’* Ustlslter.
fits sluleineiil of that gentle111.10 is as follows!
" S. is tooo .l. sad he* 1 cud too mut'h not •«»
knowtointibing uftifn. lUriisun- Uut, had lie
I iind ever heard, that lie really was a grnduato of
Princeton College. My own feelings mny have col
"red to my imagination yours in this conversation,
thoy could liuvo dono nothing more; tho facts nro
all thnt are important, and the facts I could get from
no other source, for tho letter of Col. Boyd wns a
letter of complaint ogninst the War Department, so
common by officers of the army at being reduced o*
to be little roud, and apparently, only published in
Boston. Gov. Tazewell’* letter l* of recuntdale,nnd
from him therefore, I could learn nothing of thoco
facts.
I addition to what I Mate in my note, I distinctly
remember your telling mo, that the expenses of Gen
Harrison's Sandusky campaign was ten nr twenty
millions of dollars, (I think twenty if my memory
hold*.)Un n.y,expressing my turpiixo at the amount,
you raid tbo Hour on which his men were fed, hud
often cost one hundred and sixty dollars a horse
load; one hundred dollars fur the horse und sixty for
floor, 11* thu hors.-s generally perished in the trip—
nnd 1 think you said you yourself examined these
accounts nt tit" War Office.
Ii most be remembered Judge Berrien, In looking
buck upon tbe.o transactions, of fifteen yenrs past,
that we were then in accordance in opinion upon
public matter!.; that I was living in eolitude, and
that you were the Representative of Georgia, with
whom I could most often ond most frroly converse.
fen or twelve years ogp wo wore puliticul friends,
we iiaveceased to be to; nnd yet I feel that I stand
now win re I stood (host, when rejoicing nl tlio tri
umph ol General Jackson, over llio policy of Mr.
Adam*; directed as I bad believed, by Mr. Clay,
and influenced ns I had believed, by Mr. Webster.
I skull 1 egret, if our difi'cionces uro now to tuko
u personul coloring; but it will rest with yuu to do
aide. And 1 remain respectfully,
Your obd’l. servant,
TI1UMAS SPALDING.
Copy of a letter from J. M. Berrien to T. Spalding.
Savannah, 20th Sept. 1840.
Dear Sir /—Your letter »*f the’JOlH inst. found
mb lu a sick room, where imlscd 1 still am. I Imvo
iu conspniranco loti u mail; but write to dav, lest I
may not (ra able lu do su on Monday. Tlm tenor
of your letter—the spirit in which it profs**** lobe
writ ten,and the bo-reailng conviction which it futess
upon my mind, that the ns It a misapprehension in
this matter whirl) may la removed, induce mo to
Kimble you sgala.
You r»U me that your reeullvciion afiba converse
lion with me. W as tliiiimt now u It was lira duy